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Should I ship a Historical Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Historical
Of 33 developers who shipped a Historical Local Multiplayer game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 36 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,123) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 134 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 20% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Combat, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.95 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.95 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,871 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition 2014 · $18M 
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit 2018 · $4.5M 
Hellish Quart 2021 · EA · $4.4M 
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 2007 · $3.5M 
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021 · $2.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 11,886 83% | 357k | $18M (exactly $17,825,434) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit | older | $39.99 | 3,754 92% | 113k | $4.5M (exactly $4,503,674) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Hellish Quart | · EA older | $17.99 | 8,068 88% | 242k | $4.4M (exactly $4,354,300) | Kubold |
| | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | older | $29.99 | 3,888 96% | 117k | $3.5M (exactly $3,498,034) | Firaxis Games |
| | Axis & Allies 1942 Online | older | $19.99 | 4,810 78% | 144k | $2.9M (exactly $2,884,557) | Beamdog |
 | WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 2,129 88% | 64k | $2.6M (exactly $2,554,161) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Sid Meier's Civilization® IV | older | $19.99 | 2,789 92% | 84k | $1.7M (exactly $1,672,563) | Firaxis Games |
 | Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ | older | $14.99 | 2,792 90% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,255,562) | ACE Team |
 | Combat Mission Shock Force 2 | older | $59.99 | 624 80% | 19k | $1.1M (exactly $1,123,013) | Battlefront |
 | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
 | Gladio Mori | $15.99 | 1,147 82% | 34k | $550k (exactly $550,216) | Plebeian Studio | |
 | Two Strikes | $14.99 | 256 89% | 7.7k | $115k (exactly $115,123) | Retro Reactor | |
 | Franchise Hockey Manager 11 | $19.99 | 148 70% | 4.4k | $89k (exactly $88,756) | game54 Software, Out of the Park Develo… (game54 Software, Out of the Park Developments) | |
 | Franchise Hockey Manager 12 | $19.99 | 132 78% | 4.0k | $79k (exactly $79,160) | game54 Software, Out of the Park Develo… (game54 Software, Out of the Park Developments) | |
 | Headquarters: Cold War | $29.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | Starni Games | |
 | Ritter & Rotwein | $12.49 | 86 68% | 2.6k | $32k (exactly $32,224) | Hurdy-Gurdy Games | |
 | Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I | $39.95 | 19 100% | 570 | $23k (exactly $22,772) | Wargame Design Studio | |
 | Horn of the Warlord | $14.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | MagicKrol | |
 | American Revolutionary War | $39.95 | 9 100% | 270 | $11k (exactly $10,786) | Wargame Design Studio | |
 | Sword & Siege Age of Longbow: Volume I | $39.95 | 7 100% | 210 | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | Wargame Design Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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